Gianluigi Donnarumma | Done deal according to Romano

[BlueMoonie]

The problem is if pep demands he starts playing out from the back and using his feet.

 

[jrb]

I just want him signed for a new funny and chant. :-)

 

[axlgod]

Is the fact that his feet don't move much a good or bad thing?

He doesn’t need to move much when he’s 100ft tall.

 

[oldius]

Personally, I would rather give Trafford the number one position.
I would try to recruit an HG number two also.
Donnarumma naturally would improve us as a shot-stopper.
He could easily compromise our general play, though I expected a bit more of a direct approach in 2025/2026, alongside the possession game.
It is, therefore, a bit of a gamble.

PS. Is Ederson to Galatasaray done?

 

[Skrastins]

Personally, I would rather give Trafford the number one position.
I would try to recruit an HG number two also.
Donnarumma naturally would improve us as a shot-stopper.
He could easily compromise our general play, though I expected a bit more of a direct approach in 2025/2026, alongside the possession game.
It is, therefore, a bit of a gamble.

PS. Is Ederson to Galatasaray done?

did not compromise PSG play tho this season, and PSG under Enrique plays similar to Pep

 

[oldius]

did not compromise PSG play tho this season, and PSG under Enrique plays similar to Pep

He might have. We will know when Chevalier gets up to speed and watch their football out from the back.
As always, players look good in functioning teams, and PSG have definitely been that.
I suspect that they are the direct, yet footballing model we will begin to move towards. The energy levels are key, and that means healthy players.

 

[Match Fixer]

He doesn’t need to move much when he’s 100ft tall.

I thought that myself, but look at the lowlights of his mistakes, thats what I saw and his feet were stationary every time.

 

[.db.]

Swift, Trautmann and Corrigan might have won a lot more if they had played with the present City team in front of them.

Whilst what you say is true, we also might have won less than we have without Ederson.

Ederson and his quality on the ball has been one of the key aspects that have made us as successful as we have been. He is an eleventh outfield player which means almost every team we play against, we have a man more than them on the pitch. Hardly any other team we’ve played in nine years have had eleven outfield players.

When we have 70% possession, it becomes a relentless tirade for opposition teams to face.

Ederson’s quality on the ball has allowed us to seamlessly play players in the back four, in midfield, and outnumber all our opponents in the engine room on the pitch. He is always available for short passes which means one of the opposition forwards has to press him which creates a hole in behind that press. And if they sit off him, he’s been able to ping a pin-point 60 yard ball to Agüero or Haaland (or Gündoğan a few times) in dangerous areas up the pitch which takes out around 8 or 9 opposition players.

I’d argue that part of City under Pep is the core basis of our whole team play.

Ederson also acts as a sweeper excellently. His interception stats over the years are excellent. And that is not just with a shit toe-end out for an opposition throw-in like you get with a lot of other good sweepers, it means we win the ball back when we’re broken on and regain possession as he’s unflappable in possession and almost always finds a blue shirt.

That’s not taking anything away from those three you mentioned, especially Trautmann who is arguably our greatest ever legend… but Ederson took our football to another level with his key attributes.

Alright, a keeper better and saving shots might save us a few goals conceded over the season, but what Ederson is able to execute means there’s a trend to our play, with probably around a 98:2 split in our favour for what he brings in ratio to what he lacks from minute-to-minite in every game.

 

[Marvin.]

The problem is if pep demands he starts playing out from the back and using his feet.

Do you think he would do that?

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

I'm off to the darts in Auckland tomorrow night so I will have a large Donner after to celebrate this signing!

Great user name

 

[.db.]

Do you think he would do that?

The only player we’ve got in the squad who isn’t particularly great with his first touch and with the ball at his feet in general play is Haaland. Everyone else is a good first touch good quick short passing player, and not many are good in the air, so there’s no reason to expect us to change the way we play out from the back because almost every player in any team you can choose from our huge squad suits that way.

It was evident against Palermo that Trafford has been bought with that in mind n’all. He was playing short passes to centre backs and medium length passes to full backs in space.

I would guess that, if we do buy Donnarumma, he will be working on his distribution a great deal to get up to Pep’s standards.

 

[richards30]

Hopefully hear news today on this?

 

[Antwerp City]

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

I just want him signed for a new funny and chant. :-)

Oh Donnarumma, he’s a goalie, he’s good at darts.

Like that?

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

Whilst what you say is true, we also might have won less than we have without Ederson.

Ederson and his quality on the ball has been one of the key aspects that have made us as successful as we have been. He is an eleventh outfield player which means almost every team we play against, we have a man more than them on the pitch. Hardly any other team we’ve played in nine years have had eleven outfield players.

When we have 70% possession, it becomes a relentless tirade for opposition teams to face.

Ederson’s quality on the ball has allowed us to seamlessly play players in the back four, in midfield, and outnumber all our opponents in the engine room on the pitch. He is always available for short passes which means one of the opposition forwards has to press him which creates a hole in behind that press. And if they sit off him, he’s been able to ping a pin-point 60 yard ball to Agüero or Haaland (or Gündoğan a few times) in dangerous areas up the pitch which takes out around 8 or 9 opposition players.

I’d argue that part of City under Pep is the core basis of our whole team play.

Ederson also acts as a sweeper excellently. His interception stats over the years are excellent. And that is not just with a shit toe-end out for an opposition throw-in like you get with a lot of other good sweepers, it means we win the ball back when we’re broken on and regain possession as he’s unflappable in possession and almost always finds a blue shirt.

That’s not taking anything away from those three you mentioned, especially Trautmann who is arguably our greatest ever legend… but Ederson took our football to another level with his key attributes.

Alright, a keeper better and saving shots might save us a few goals conceded over the season, but what Ederson is able to execute means there’s a trend to our play, with probably around a 98:2 split in our favour for what he brings in ratio to what he lacks from minute-to-minite in every game.

Really good summary, and I completely agree - Ederson’s impact on the way we play (and as a consequence, how the rest of the PL now try and play too) has been integral to all our recent success.

He’s single handedly revolutionised the way we all now look at GKs and their attributes in English football.

A genuine game changer, and a City legend given everything he’s won with us.

But he clearly wants to leave, and hasn’t been at his best since the treble - which I would argue has impacted the team.

The benefits you set out have been less and less evident, and the weaknesses in his game have therefore come more sharply into view.

It’s time for us to look to his replacement, and as with every legend we’ve replaced over the last few years - this is an opportunity to look at a different profile rather than a like for like, and evolve the way we play.

Keeps us unpredictable, and more difficult to work out.

We’ll be different without him, for sure - but that different has the potential to be more exciting for all of us, and will help to shape our next team to push us to reclaim the heights of the recent past.

 

[decmancity]

did not compromise PSG play tho this season, and PSG under Enrique plays similar to Pep

He’s been number one for Enrique for two years but suddenly after winning everything and being in the last year of his contract, they decide they want a keeper who can pass the ball. Bit suspicious

 

[Pam]

Don't understand this.

 

[Skrastins]

He’s been number one for Enrique for two years but suddenly after winning everything and being in the last year of his contract, they decide they want a keeper who can pass the ball. Bit suspicious

most likely PSG offered to little money and Donnarumma refused.

 

[mancboy]

Don't understand this.

try that instead.

 

[bluemc]

Oh Donnarumma, he’s a goalie, he’s shit with the ball at his feet, here's a graph.

Like that?

Edited it for you.